Old lady to husband as she walks out of doctor's office: Oh, I love to smell that alcohol!
Longwood Ave
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: smellslikemartinis
Old lady to husband as she walks out of doctor's office: Oh, I love to smell that alcohol!
Longwood Ave
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: smellslikemartinis
President: Thank you for coming to our annual Christmas party. Where do you work?
New guy’s new girl: I’m in private wealth management.
President: You seem very nice. Can I give you one piece of advice?
New guy’s new girl: Sure.
President: Don’t wait too long to get married and have kids.
1 Cranberry Hill
Lexington, Massachusetts
Hiring manager, after executives commented on physical appearance of new employee: I'm saving you all from litigation by not paying attention to any of you.
Executive one: No, you're not, “ugly” is not a protected class.
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Female office drone, about to answer ringing phone: Please don't be an idiot, please don't be an idiot…
(a minute later, as she puts the call on hold)
Damn! Another one!
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Overheard by: She's Not Wrong…
A customer is on speakerphone.
Customer: Which one is the spacebar?
Co-worker: How can you not know where the spacebar is?
Customer: I’m not good with computers.
Co-worker: But you’ve used a typewriter before, haven’t you?
Customer: Yeah, so?
460 Hillside Avenue
Needham, Massachusetts
Overheard by: S. Griffin
Programmer #1: Can you kill the parent without killing the child nodes?
Programmer #2: I don’t think so.
Sales guy: It’s always good to get rid of the witnesses.
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: sales guy’s neighbor
Peon #1: Stop yelling! You’re just like my dad!
Peon #2: Yeah, except I’m not drunk and I’m not beating you.
Braintree, Massachusetts
Overheard by: not there anymore
CSR on phone: I'll have to look at the e-mail again, I think it had something to do with breasts…
Passerby: When doesn't it?
Norwood, Massachusetts
Overheard by: I thought so…
Manager: You can FedEx it to him at the University of Albuquerque.
Coworker: You aren't going to drive it to him?
Manager: Drive from Mass. to New Mexico? No, I don't think so.
Coworker: New Mexico? Wow, is that near the old Mexico?
Waltham, Massachusetts
Boss: Notice anything different about your blazer today?
Employee: No.
Boss: Well, I sewed it for you.
Employee: What? When?
Boss: Oh, a month or two ago, when you were out of the office for the day. You left it here, so I took it and sewed it.
Employee: Um, thanks.
300 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
